Tuesday 25 October 2011

Of your own accord

 |loŏk| ing up the
• ( look something over) inspect something quickly with a view to establishing its merits they looked over a property on Ryer Avenue.
• ( look through) peruse (a book or other written material:we looked through all the books, and this was still the one we liked best


|wərd|s in a
a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.
• a single distinct conceptual unit of languagecomprising inflectedand variant forms.• (usu. words) something that someone says or writes; a remark or piece of information his grandfather's words had beenmeant kindly a word of warning.|ˈdik sh əˌnerē| (abbr.: dict.) tonoun ( pl. -aries)a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.• reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order a dictionary of quotations.
|kəˈmyoōnəˌkāt| on an
nounverb[ intrans. share or exchange information, news, or ideas theprisoner was forbidden to communicate with his family.• [ trans. impart or pass on (information, news, or ideashecommunicated his findings to the inspector.• [ trans. convey or transmit (an emotion or feeling) in anonverbal way the ability of good teachers to communicate their ownenthusiasm his sudden fear communicated itself.• succeed in conveying one's ideas or in evoking understandingin others politician must have the ability to communicate.• (of two people) be able to share and understand each other's thoughts and feelings.


|ˌintlˈek ch oōəl| level to anadjectiveof or relating to the intellect children need intellectual stimulation.• appealing to or requiring use of the intellect the movie wasn't very intellectual, but it caught the mood of the times.• possessing a highly developed intellect you are an intellectual girl, like your mother.nouna person possessing a highly developed intellect.


|igˈzamən| 
verb [ trans. ]inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly a doctor examinedme and said I might need a caesarean this forced us to examine every facet of our business.test the knowledge or proficiency of (someone) by requiring them to answer questions or perform tasks the colleges set standards by examining candidates.• Law formally question (a defendant or witness) in court.Compare with cross-examine .
For this
|ˌdisərˈtā sh ən|nouna long essay on a particular subject, esp. one written as a requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree Joe wrote hisdoctoral dissertation on Thucydides figurative she went on then into adissertation on her family's love of Ireland.
  |imˈplī| sverb ( -plies, -plied) [ trans. ]strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated) the salesmen who uses jargon to imply his superior knowledge |[with clause the report implies that two million jobs might be lost.• (of a fact or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence the forecasted traffic increase implied more roads and more air pollution. The same
|ˈnō sh ən| nouna conception of or belief about something children have different notions about the roles of their parents. See note at idea .• a vague awareness or understanding of the nature of something I had no notion of what her words meant.an impulse or desire, esp. one of a whimsical kind she had a notion to call her friend at work.( notions) items used in sewing, such as buttons, pins, and hooks.


Of getting
|lôst; läst| whenpast and past participle of lose .adjectiveunable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts Help! We're lost! they got lost in the fog.• unable to be found he turned up with my lost golf clubs.• (of a person) very confused or insecure or in great difficulties :she stood there clutching a drink, feeling completely lost I'd be lost without her.denoting something that has been taken away or cannot be recovered if only one could recapture one's lost youth!• (of time or an opportunity) not used advantageously; wasted :the decision meant a lost opportunity to create 200 jobs.• having perished or been destroyed a memorial to the lost crewmen.(of a game or contest) in which a defeat has been sustained the lost election of 1994.PHRASESall is not lost used to suggest that there is still some chance of success or recovery.be lost for words be so surprised, confused, or upset that one cannot think what to say.be lost on fail to influence or be noticed or appreciated by (someone) the significance of his remarks was not lost on Scott.be lost to be no longer affected by or accessible to once a vital member of the community, he is now lost to the world.get lost [often in imperative informal go away (used as an expression of anger or impatience) Why don't you leave me alone? Go on, get lost!give someone up for lost stop expecting that a missing person will be found alive.make up for lost time do something faster or more often in order to compensate for not having done it quickly or often enough before. |yoō|pronoun [ second person singular or plural ]used to refer to the person or people that the speaker isaddressing are you listening? I love you.• used to refer to the person being addressed together with other people regarded in the same class you Australians.• used in exclamations to address one or more people you foolshey, you!used to refer to any person in general after a while, you get used to it.PHRASESyou and yours you together with your family and close friends.you-know-who (or you-know-what) used to refer to someone (or something) known to the hearer without specifying theiridentity the minister was later to be sacked by you-know-who. a map because you are paying to much attention to the map and not enough in the directon that you are heading, or following a recipe when cooking dinner at home.
Have a
|map|nouna diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc. a street map |figurative expansion of the service sector is reshaping the map of employment.• a two-dimensional representation of the positions of stars or other astronomical objects.• a diagram or collection of data showing the spatial arrangement or distribution of something over an area an electron density map.• Biology a representation of the sequence of genes on a chromosome or of bases in a DNA or RNA molecule.• Mathematics another term for mapping .informal dated a person's face.verb ( mapped mapping ) [ trans. ]represent (an area) on a map; make a map of inaccessible parts will be mapped from the air.• record in detail the spatial distribution of (something) the project to map the human genome.• [ trans. associate (a group of elements or qualities) with an equivalent group, according to a particular formula or model :the transformational rules map deep structures into surface structures.• Mathematics associate each element of (a set) with an element of another set.• [ intrans. be associated or linked to something it is not obvious that the subprocesses of language will map onto individual brain areas.PHRASESoff the map (of a place) very distant or remote just a hick town, right off the map.put something on the map bring something to prominence :the exhibition put Cubism on the map.wipe something off the map obliterate something totally.PHRASAL VERBSmap something out plan a route or course of action in detail :I mapped out a route over familiar country near home.



Because You are 
|ˈkänsənˌtrāt|verb[ intrans. focus one's attention or mental effort on a particular object or activity she couldn't concentrate on the movie.• ( concentrate on/upon) do or deal with (one particular thing) above all others Luke wants to concentrate on his film career.[ trans. (often be concentrated) gather (people or things) together in numbers or in a mass to one point power wasconcentrated in the hands of the ruling Politburo.• [ intrans. come together in this way troops were concentrating at the western front.• increase the strength or proportion of (a substance or solution) by removing or reducing the water or any other diluting agent or by selective accumulation of atoms or molecules.nouna substance made by removing water or other diluting agent; a concentrated form of something, esp. food apple juice concentrate.DERIVATIVESconcentrative |-ˌtrātiv| adjectiveconcentrator |-ˌtrātər| noun
To much
 On the map,
 and not in the 
 |diˈrek sh ən; dī-|nouna course along which someone or something moves she set off in the opposite direction the storm was expected to take a more northwesterly direction.• the course that must be taken in order to reach a destinationhe had a terrible sense of direction.• a point to or from which a person or thing moves or faces a house with views in all directions figurative support came from an unexpected direction.• a general way in which someone or something is developingnew directions in painting and architecture any dialogue between them is a step in the right direction it is time to change direction and find a new job.• general aim or purpose the campaign's lack of direction.the management or guidance of someone or something under his direction, the college has developed an international reputation.• the work of supervising and controlling the actors and other staff in a movie, play, or other production.• ( directions) instructions on how to reach a destination or about how to do something Preston gave him directions to a restaurant directions for making puff pastry.• an authoritative order or command to suggest that members of Congress would take direction on how to vote is an affront.
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